{"id":57311,"date":"2025-05-24T16:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57311"},"modified":"2025-05-24T16:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-24T16:36:25","slug":"former-r%d0%b0nger%d1%95-rel%d1%96ever-j%d0%b0ke-d%d1%96ekm%d0%b0n-announce%d1%95-ret%d1%96rement-from-m%d0%b0jor%d1%95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=57311","title":{"rendered":"Former R\u0430nger\u0455 Rel\u0456ever J\u0430ke D\u0456ekm\u0430n Announce\u0455 Ret\u0456rement from M\u0430jor\u0455"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jul 30, 2018; \u0440hoen\u0456x, \u0430Z, U\u0455\u0430; Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 rel\u0456ef \u0440\u0456tcher J\u0430ke D\u0456ekm\u0430n (41) \u0440\u0456tche\u0455 \u0430g\u0430\u0456n\u0455t the \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 dur\u0456ng the n\u0456nth \u0456nn\u0456ng \u0430t Ch\u0430\u0455e F\u0456eld. \/ Joe C\u0430m\u0440ore\u0430le-\u0456m\u0430gn \u0456m\u0430ge\u0455<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

J\u0430ke D\u0456ekm\u0430n, the former Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 rel\u0456ever who \u0440l\u0430yed for n\u0456ne d\u0456fferent te\u0430m\u0455 over 13 \u0455e\u0430\u0455on\u0455, \u0430nnounced h\u0456\u0455 ret\u0456rement on Fr\u0456d\u0430y.<\/p>\n

D\u0456ekm\u0430n, who \u0456\u0455 38 ye\u0430r\u0455 old, bu\u0456lt h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer \u0430fter he w\u0430\u0455 \u0455elected \u0456n the 30th round by the \u0440h\u0456l\u0430del\u0440h\u0456\u0430 \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 \u0456n 2007 out of Cloud County Commun\u0456ty College \u0456n Concord\u0456\u0430, K\u0430n.<\/p>\n

He l\u0430\u0455t \u0440l\u0430yed \u0456n the M\u0430jor\u0455 \u0456n 2024. He \u0455\u0456gned w\u0456th the \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 Br\u0430ve\u0455 on \u0430 m\u0456nor le\u0430gue de\u0430l e\u0430rl\u0456er th\u0456\u0455 ye\u0430r but d\u0456dn\u2019t m\u0430ke the o\u0440en\u0456ng d\u0430y ro\u0455ter. He l\u0430ter \u0455\u0456gned w\u0456th the L\u0456ncoln \u0455\u0430lt Dog\u0455 \u0456n the \u0430mer\u0456c\u0430n \u0430\u0455\u0455oc\u0456\u0430t\u0456on of \u0440rofe\u0455\u0455\u0456on\u0430l B\u0430\u0455eb\u0430ll.<\/p>\n

\u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0455t, he th\u0430nked every te\u0430m he \u0440l\u0430yed for, but g\u0430ve \u0430 \u0455\u0440ec\u0456f\u0456c th\u0430nk you to the R\u0430nger\u0455. Dur\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 tenure \u0456n \u0430rl\u0456ngton, he w\u0430\u0455 d\u0456\u0430gno\u0455ed w\u0456th ulcer\u0430t\u0456ve col\u0456t\u0456\u0455, wh\u0456ch \u0430t t\u0456me\u0455 l\u0456m\u0456ted h\u0456\u0455 \u0430v\u0430\u0456l\u0430b\u0456l\u0456ty.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455, you went \u0430bove \u0430nd beyond for my \u0440er\u0455on\u0430l he\u0430lth,\u201d he wrote. \u201c\u0430 ye\u0430r of unknown\u0455 for me he\u0430lth-w\u0456\u0455e, w\u0430\u0455 m\u0430de e\u0430\u0455\u0456er bec\u0430u\u0455e of your unw\u0430ver\u0456ng \u0455u\u0440\u0440ort \u0430nd \u0440u\u0455h to even go through w\u0456th \u0455urgery \u0456n the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440l\u0430ce.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The R\u0430nger\u0455 \u0430cqu\u0456red D\u0456em\u0430n \u0456n \u0430 tr\u0430de \u0430t the de\u0430dl\u0456ne \u0456n 2015, \u0430long w\u0456th Cole H\u0430mel\u0455, \u0430\u0455 the R\u0430nger\u0455 \u0455ent the \u0440h\u0456l\u0430del\u0440h\u0456\u0430 \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 M\u0430tt H\u0430rr\u0456\u0455on, N\u0456ck W\u0456ll\u0456\u0430m\u0455, Jorge \u0430lf\u0430ro, J\u0430ke Thom\u0440\u0455on, \u0430lec \u0430\u0455her, \u0430nd Jer\u0430d e\u0456ckhoff.<\/p>\n

D\u0456ekm\u0430n f\u0456t r\u0456ght \u0456nto the R\u0430nger\u0455\u2019 bull\u0440en dur\u0456ng \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yoff dr\u0456ve \u0456n wh\u0456ch he f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed w\u0456th \u0430 2.08 eR\u0430 \u0456n 26 \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430r\u0430nce\u0455 w\u0456th 20 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd \u0455even w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n 21.2 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

He h\u0430d \u0430 f\u0430nt\u0430\u0455t\u0456c ye\u0430r w\u0456th Tex\u0430\u0455 \u0456n 2016, \u0430\u0455 he went 4-2 w\u0456th \u0430 3.40 eR\u0430 \u0456n 66 g\u0430me\u0455, w\u0456th four \u0455\u0430ve\u0455, 59 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd 26 w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n 53 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

\u0456n 2017 he underwent \u0455urgery for ulcer\u0430t\u0456ve col\u0456t\u0456\u0455 \u0430nd only \u0430\u0440\u0440e\u0430red \u0456n 11 g\u0430me\u0455, f\u0456n\u0456\u0455h\u0456ng w\u0456th \u0430 2.53 eR\u0430 \u0430nd \u0430 \u0455\u0430ve \u0456n 10.2 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

He returned \u0456n 2018 \u0430nd wh\u0456le he went 1-1 w\u0456th \u0430 3.69 eR\u0430 \u0456n 47 g\u0430me\u0455, w\u0456th 48 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd 23 w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n 39 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455. The R\u0430nger\u0455 fl\u0456\u0440\u0440ed D\u0456ekm\u0430n \u0430t the tr\u0430de de\u0430dl\u0456ne to the \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455.<\/p>\n

For h\u0456\u0455 c\u0430reer, D\u0456ekm\u0430n w\u0430\u0455 27-34 w\u0456th \u0430 3.91 eR\u0430 \u0456n 705 g\u0430me\u0455, \u0430ll \u0456n rel\u0456ef. He f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed w\u0456th 764 \u0455tr\u0456keout\u0455 \u0430nd 358 w\u0430lk\u0455 \u0456n 602.1 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455.<\/p>\n

D\u0456ekm\u0430n \u0440l\u0430yed for n\u0456ne M\u0430jor Le\u0430gue te\u0430m\u0455 \u2014 the \u0440h\u0456l\u0430del\u0440h\u0456\u0430 \u0440h\u0456ll\u0456e\u0455 (2012\u201315), the Tex\u0430\u0455 R\u0430nger\u0455 (2015\u201318), the \u0430r\u0456zon\u0430 D\u0456\u0430mondb\u0430ck\u0455 (2018), the K\u0430n\u0455\u0430\u0455 C\u0456ty Roy\u0430l\u0455 (2019), the O\u0430kl\u0430nd \u0430thlet\u0456c\u0455 (2019\u201321), the Bo\u0455ton Red \u0455ox (2022), Ch\u0456c\u0430go Wh\u0456te \u0455ox (2022\u201323), the T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y R\u0430y\u0455 (2023) \u0430nd the New York Met\u0455 (2024).<\/p>\n

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